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Verse John 4:10. _IF THOU KNEWEST THE GIFT OF GOD_] δωρεαν
signifies a _free_ gift. A _gift_ is any thing that is _given_, for
which no equivalent has been or is to be returned: a _free gift_ is
that...
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THE GIFT OF GOD - The word “gift,” here denotes “favor.” It
may refer to Jesus Himself, as the gift of God to the world, given to
save men from death Joh 3:16; 2 Corinthians 9:15, or it may refer to
t...
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CHAPTER 4
_ 1. He Must Needs Pass Through Samaria. (John 4:1 .)_
2. At Sychar's Well; Jesus and the Samaritan Woman. (John 4:6 .)
3. The Woman's Witness and the Believing Samaritans. (John 4:27 .)...
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IV. 1- 42. CHRIST IN SAMARIA.
John 4:1. Christ and the Samaritan Woman. The Lord (for the title _cf.
John 6:23_, John 11:2; John 20:20;...
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IF THOU KNEWEST THE GIFT OF GOD, AND WHO IT IS THAT SAITH TO THEE,
GIVE ME TO DRINK.
The gift of God is not water, nor even peace of soul, but Christ
himself, God's "unspeakable gift." "God gave his...
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Jesus answered her: "If you knew the free gift that God is offering
you, and if you knew who is speaking to you, and if you knew who was
saying to you: 'Give me to drink,' you would have asked him, an...
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BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIERS (John 4:1-9)...
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ANSWERED AND SAID. A Hebraism. See Deuteronomy 1:41 and App-122.
IF THOU, &c. Assuming the hypothesis as. fact. App-118.
KNEWEST. hadst known. Greek. _oida._ App-132. See note on John 1:26.
THE GIFT...
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Doubt has been thrown on this narrative in three different ways. (1)
On _a priori_grounds. How could the Samaritans, who rejected the
prophetical books, and were such bitter enemies of the Jews, be
ex...
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_the gift of God_ What He is ready to give thee, what is now held out
to thee, thy salvation. For -knewest" read HADST KNOWN. Comp. John
11:21; John 11:32; John 14:28, where we have the same construct...
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John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work
We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the
Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among
_Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
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THE WORK AMONG SAMARITANS
The whole section is peculiar to S. John, and is evidently the
narrative of an eyewitness: of the Synoptists S. Luke alone, the
writer of ‘the Universal Gospel,’ mentions any...
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5–42. Doubt has been thrown on this narrative in four different
ways. (1) On a _priori_ grounds. How could the Samaritans, who
rejected the prophetical books, and were such bitter enemies of the
Jews,...
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ΕἸ ἬΙΔΕΙΣ. _If thou_ HADST KNOWN; on account of the aorists
which follow: οἶδα has no aorist; comp. John 11:21; John 11:32;
John 14:28, for the same construction; and contrast...
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Ver 7. There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus says to
her, Give me to drink. 8. (For his disciples were gone away unto the
city to buy meat.) 9. Then says the woman of Samaria to him, How...
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_THIS CAN BE THE CHRIST BECAUSE HE OFFERS LIVING WATER -- JOHN
4:1-26:_ At Jacob's well Jesus met a sinful, Samaritan woman. Some of
Jesus greatest teaching was done to just one student. He spoke to t...
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ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ
(G611) отвечать,
ΉΔΕΙΣPLPERF. _ind. act. от_ def. perf. от ΟΙΔΑ (G1492)
знать. Ind. в _conj._ 2 типа, в котором
говорящий предполагает, что условие
пр...
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DISCOURSE: 1615
CHRIST A FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATER
John 4:10. _Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift
of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou
wouldest have...
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JESUS ANSWERED,—IF THOU KNEWEST THE GIFT OF GOD,— If thou knewest
what an opportunity God hath put into thine hand, of receiving the
greatest blessing that ever was bestowed, as well as who, and how
g...
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JESUS AND THE LIVING WATER
_Text 4:7-14_
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There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink.
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For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.
9...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 4:7-10
First, a brief Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:—
In the last chapter we pointed out the deep significance underlying
the words of John 4...
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Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God,
and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have
asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
JE...
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25 Ceremonial cleansing is the true definition of baptism, Before
this, baptisms were a common feature of the Jewish ceremonial system,
but were usually connected with the temple and the laver and wer...
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THE GIFT OF GOD] i.e. all the blessings offered to us in Christ,
especially the gift of eternal life (see John 4:13). LIVING WATER] As
Christ does not identify Himself with the 'water,' as He does wit...
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THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
1-42. Christ in Samaria. The ministry in Samaria is recorded because
it is the author's design to exhibit Christ as the Saviour, not only
of Israel, but of the world (John 4:42)....
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 4
JESUS TALKS TO A WOMAN IN *SAMARIA 4:1-26
V1 The *Pharisees heard that Jesus was *baptising more people than
John the...
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IF THOU KNEWEST THE GIFT OF GOD. — Expositors differ very widely as
to the meaning to be given to “the gift of God” and “living
water.” See, _e.g.,_ the summaries of views in the notes of Meyer
and Go...
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CHAPTER 9
THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA.
“When therefore the Lord knew how that the Pharisees had heard that
Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although
Jesus Himself baptized not, but H...
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Ἀπεκρίθη … ὕδωρ ζῶν. “If thou knewest;” the
pathos of the situation strikes Jesus. The woman stands on the brink
of the greatest possibilities, but is utterly unconscious of them. Two
things she did n...
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SATISFYING AN ETERNAL THIRST
John 4:1-14
Our Lord had no wish to precipitate the conflict with the Pharisee
party, until He had finished His ministry to the people. He was the
last and greatest of th...
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The words, "He must needs pass through Samaria" are arresting. The
final explanation must be found in His dealing with the woman of
Samaria. In itself, it is a radiant revelation of His method as He l...
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Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest (d) the gift of God,
and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have
asked of him, and he would have given thee (e) living wate...
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_Thou didst know the gift of God; i.e. the favour now offered thee by
my presence, of believing in me. --- And he would have given thee
living water, meaning divine graces; but the woman understood hi...
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CHAPTER 10
JESUS PREACHES TO THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
John 4:1-41. _“When our Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that
Jesus is making and baptizing more disciples than John (indeed, Jesus
himself did not...
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VER. 10. “ _Jesus answered and said unto her: If thou knewest the
gift of God and who it is who says unto thee: Give me to drink, thou
wouldst have asked of him thyself, and he would have given thee l...
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SECOND SECTION: 4:1-42. JESUS IN SAMARIA.
The first phase of the public ministry of Jesus is ended. Unbelief on
the part of the masses, faith on the part of a few, public attention
greatly aroused, su...
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I. JESUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN: JOHN 4:1-26.
In this first phase we see how Jesus succeeds in awaking faith in a
soul which was a stranger to all spiritual life. The historical
situation is describ...
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And he must needs go through Samaria. (5) Then cometh he to a city of
Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that
Jacob gave to his son Joseph. (6) Now Jacob's well was there. J...
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The opening verses (John 1:1-18) introduce the most glorious subject
which God Himself ever gave in employing the pen of man; not only the
most glorious in point of theme, but in the profoundest point...
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10._Jesus answered. _Christ now, availing himself of the opportunity,
begins to preach about the grace and power of his Spirit, and that to
a woman who did not at all deserve that he should speak a wo...
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And now Jesus, being driven away by the jealousy of the Jews, begins
His ministry outside that people, while still acknowledging their true
position in the dealings of God. He goes away into Galilee;...
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JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER,.... In a very serious manner, in a
different way from hers:
IF THOU KNEWEST THE GIFT OF GOD; meaning, not the Holy Spirit with his
gifts and graces, as some think, b...
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_Jesus answered_ And in his answer shows her that he was not under the
power of such common prejudices; _If thou knewest the gift of God_
Which he is now bestowing on mankind by his Son; meaning the H...
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THE GIFT OF GOD; the Saviour, and the blessings which he is ready to
bestow.
LIVING WATER; under the figure of living water, that is, the flowing
water of a fountain in contrast with the stagnant wat...
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JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, IF THOU KNEWEST THE GIFT OF GOD, AND
WHO IT IS THAT SAITH TO THEE, GIVE ME TO DRINK, THOU WOULDEST HAVE
ASKED OF HIM, AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEE LIVING WATER.
While...
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The beginning of the conversation:...
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A SAMARITAN WOMAN GIVEN THE WATER OF LIFE
(vs.1-26)
The Lord now leaves Judea because He knew the Pharisees' thoughts as
to His baptizing more disciples than John. Not that the Lord Himself
did the...
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4-26 There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews.
Christ's road from Judea to Galilee lay through Samaria. We should not
go into places of temptation but when we needs must; and then m...
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Many by THE GIFT OF GOD here understand Christ, whom God gave to the
world, 1 THESSALONIANS 3:16; and who is the greatest gift that God
ever gave to the world; so as the latter words, who it is, &c.,...
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Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V
concerning which, he says, the Saviour has declared, "If thou knewest
who it is that asks, thou wouldst have asked from Him, and He would
have given you t...
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John 4:10 Jesus G2424 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036
(G5627) her G846 If G1487 knew...
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THE SAMARITAN WOMAN (JOHN 4:4).
In this story of the Samaritan woman in John 4:4 Jesus depicts Himself
as the Gift of God Who can give men living water (John 4:10), and can
thus give men a spring of w...
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‘Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and
who it is who says to you ‘Give me a drink', you would have asked of
him and he would have given you living water”.'
Jesus' reply was...
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John 4:10. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HER, IF THOU KNEWEST THE GIFT
OF GOD, AND WHO IT IS THAT SAITH TO THEE, GIVE ME TO DRINK; THOU
WOULDEST HAVE ASKED OF HIM, AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEE LIVING W...
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The general object aimed at in the relation of the story of Nicodemus
in chap. 3 is pursued in the account given us in this section of the
interview of Jesus, first with the Samaritan woman, and then...
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ANSWERED AND SAID
(απεκριθη κα ειπεν). As often (redundant) in John. The
first aorist passive (απεκριθη) is deponent, no longer passive
in sense.IF THOU KNEWEST
(ε ηιδεις). Condition of second cl...
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John 4:1. When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and de...
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I have often read this chapter in your hearing, and you have often
read it yourselves; but the Word of God is not like the grapes of an
earthly vine, which when once trodden are exhausted. You may com...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), he left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), He left Judaea, and d...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus
himself baptized not, but his disciples), he left Judaea, and d...
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CONTENTS: Jesus and the Samaritan woman. The indwelling Spirit. The
nobleman's son healed.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, John the Baptist, Pharisees, Jacob,
Joseph, woman of Samaria, her husband, n...
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John 4:1. _When therefore the Lord knew how the pharisees,_ chiefly
priests, and many of them principal members of the council, _had heard
that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John._ The p...
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IF YOU ONLY KNEW WHAT GOD GIVES. The great gift of God is Christ
himself! HE WOULD GIVE YOU LIVING WATER. We see that: (1) Christ asks
a favor to give a blessing. (2) The well and the water are symbol...
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_If thou knewest the gift of God _
WAYSIDE OPPORTUNITIES
I. THE SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPORTANCE OF WAYSIDE OPPORTUNITIES. Speaking
after the ordinary manner this transaction was accidental; apparently
u...
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_How is it that Thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me?_
--It is remarkable that while the Samaritan woman here is taunting the
Lord with being a Jew, the Jews, in a somewhat similar passage, charge
H...
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_When therefore the Lord knew_
THE FIRST VISIT TO SAMARIA
I. THE STORY ITSELF.
1. The memorable halt (John 4:1).
2. The surprising request (John 4:7).
3. The opened vista (John 4:10).
4.
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THE GIFT OF GOD
The gift of God. John 4:10.
Have you ever seen the picture of an Eastern water-carrier from years
ago? Slung on his back by leather straps is a large water-bottle not a
water-bottle...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 4:10 Jesus’ words about LIVING WATER again
involve double meaning (see notes on 3:14; 8:24; 19:19). Literally,
the phrase refers to
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CHAPTER 4
_When therefore Jesus knew_, &c.... _than John_, that is, than John
_had_ made and baptized, says S. Augustine (lib. 2 _, de cons. Evang.,
c._ 18), for John was now in prison. For thes...
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_Jesus answered_, &c. _If thou knewest the gift of God_. This gift is
(1.) _common_, what God has given to every man, "if thou knowest that
I am Christ, the Saviour of the world." 2. _Especial to thys...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 4:1. These verses form an historical introductory note prefixed
to and explaining our Lord’s ministry in Samaria. He left Judæa to
avoid conflict with the Pharis...
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EXPOSITION
JOHN 4:1
7. _The ministry and revelation of the Lord to those beyond the
strict compass of the theocracy. _This passage describes an incident
of consummate interest, and records a specime...
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Now when the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and
baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized
none, but his disciples,) (John 4:1)
Now this can mean one of t...
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1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 10:4; 1 John 5:20; 2 Chronicles
33:12;...
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If thou knewest, etc. Answering rather something latent in the
question than the question itself, as in Jesus ' first answer to
Nicodemus. The gift [δ ω ρ ε α ν]. Only here in the Gospels,
though Luke...
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THE WOMAN AT THE WELL
John 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
As we enter this remarkable story, we wish to suggest three distinct
things concerning our Lord.
1. THE LORD WEARY AND WORN. We read that "being we...
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If thou hadst known the gift — The living water; and who it is —
He who alone is able to give it: thou wouldst have asked of him — On
those words the stress lies. Water — In like manner he draws the
a...
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The Samaritan woman had refused Christ. draught of water in the former
verse, he offers her the water of life in this verse. O! how kindly
doth Christ deal with those that dealt unkindly with him! IF...